Court of Common Pleas of Crawford County, Pennsylvania Electronic Filing Rules

CRITICALCriminal cases

Applies to

Legal paper

A party that declines or is unable to use PACFile may file legal papers on paper and must be served under the cited procedures, not through PACFile.

Any party who declines to participate in PACFile, or is unable to do so, may file legal papers in a physical paper format, and that party shall be served legal papers in accordance with the procedures provided under Pa.R.Crim.P. 114(B) and 576(B), and not via PACFile;

CRITICALCriminal cases

Applies to

Transcript and associated documents

The transcript and associated documents must be scanned and transmitted digitally to the Clerk of Courts instead of sent as physical paper documents.

The transcript and any associated documents shall be electronically scanned and transmitted to the Clerk of Courts in digital format in lieu of transmitting the physical paper transcript and associated documents.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Applies to

Transcript and associated documents

The transcript and associated documents must be scanned and transmitted digitally to the Clerk of Courts instead of sending the physical papers.

(1) The transcript and any associated documents shall be electronically scanned and transmitted to the Clerk of Courts in digital format in lieu of transmitting the physical paper transcript and associated documents.

WARNINGCriminal cases

Applies to

Legal paper

Parties may, but are not required to, use PACFile for legal papers, except for initial summary-appeal filings and matters requiring an MD number.

Any party may, but is not required to utilize PACFile for filing a legal paper, as that term is defined in Pa.R.Crim.P. 576.1(C), but not including initial filings for summary appeals, nor any matter requiring the assignment of a Miscellaneous Docket (MD) number;

INFO

Applies to

Legal paper

Attorneys, juveniles proceeding without counsel, law enforcement officers, and juvenile probation officers may—but are not required to—use PACFile to file legal papers; notices of appeal are excluded.

(b) Any attorney, juvenile proceeding without counsel, law enforcement officer, and juvenile probation officer may, but is not required to, utilize PACFile for filing a legal paper, as that term is defined in Pa.R.J.C.P. 205(C), but also excluding notices of appeal from the definition of “legal paper”;

INFO

Applies to

Legal paper

An eligible person or entity that declines or cannot participate in PACFile may file legal papers on paper.

Any person or entity eligible to participate in PACFILE but declining or unable to do so, may file legal papers in a physical paper format, and that person or entity shall be served legal papers in accordance with the procedures provided under Pa.R.J.C.P. 1345(B), and not via PACFile;

INFO

Applies to

Legal paper

A person eligible for PACFile who declines or cannot participate may file legal papers on paper.

(c) Any person who is eligible to participate in PACFile but declines or is unable to do so, may file legal papers in a physical paper format, and that person shall be served legal papers in accordance with the procedures provided under Pa.R.J.C.P. 345(B), and not via PACFile;

INFO

Applies to

Legal paper

Any party may use PACFile to file legal papers, but is not required to do so; notices of appeal are excluded.

Any party may, but is not required to, utilize PACFile for filing a legal paper, as that term is defined in Pa.R.J.C.P. 1205(C), but also excluding notices of appeal from the definition of “legal paper”;